First and foremost, you should ignore all the negative reviews regarding the specific episode. Obviously, the new generation of Star Wars is full of "sensitive lillies" and they reject anything which has strong dark elements.
The decayed appearance of Grand Admiral Thrawn's storm troopers (night troopers) reminded alot of the epic (for many and for me) DEATH TROOPERS book where a virus on Star Destroyer Vector transforms all the 8,000 crew members into some kind of undead. So this appearance in this episode have a strong gothic/decayed element, not to mention Captain Enoch who reminds a Gladiator during the Roman Empire era.
Beyond that, the episode doesn't have any ultra-uber lightsaber fight but this does not lower its level, on the contrary, the story strengthens the connections between the characters.
Last but not least and beyond the fact we saw Grand Admiral Thrawn, the key-element for me (and for all the old members of Star Wars freaks) was the presence of the Witches of Dathomir, an element present in many comic books - no one can forget the epic DARTH MAUL 4 where Maul fights such a Witch or the fact that the Witches are at least mentioned in many books of the epic NEW JEDI ORDER (Yuuzhan Vong Invasion).
Bottom-line: it was an episode for thinkers NOT FOR SHEEP, not for those who see Star Wars as a theme park but as something essential, something which might express elements of their character in real life.
Thus, 10/10.
The decayed appearance of Grand Admiral Thrawn's storm troopers (night troopers) reminded alot of the epic (for many and for me) DEATH TROOPERS book where a virus on Star Destroyer Vector transforms all the 8,000 crew members into some kind of undead. So this appearance in this episode have a strong gothic/decayed element, not to mention Captain Enoch who reminds a Gladiator during the Roman Empire era.
Beyond that, the episode doesn't have any ultra-uber lightsaber fight but this does not lower its level, on the contrary, the story strengthens the connections between the characters.
Last but not least and beyond the fact we saw Grand Admiral Thrawn, the key-element for me (and for all the old members of Star Wars freaks) was the presence of the Witches of Dathomir, an element present in many comic books - no one can forget the epic DARTH MAUL 4 where Maul fights such a Witch or the fact that the Witches are at least mentioned in many books of the epic NEW JEDI ORDER (Yuuzhan Vong Invasion).
Bottom-line: it was an episode for thinkers NOT FOR SHEEP, not for those who see Star Wars as a theme park but as something essential, something which might express elements of their character in real life.
Thus, 10/10.